AnxiousGayMess
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The smile that spreads across Mike’s face is involuntary, like it must exist in Will’s presence. It’s like he waters the parched soil of his mind.
Mike doesn’t realize how badly he needs him until he’s had a drink. And right now, he thinks this weekend is exactly what he’s been needing.
OR: After years of grappling with his feelings, Mike visits Will in Chicago for a weekend during his junior year of college.
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10 Jun 2026
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Mike laughs helplessly. What else can he do? “Okay, well, when you say it like that it sounds insane.”
“It is insane!” Will runs a hand through his hair, still visibly stunned. “Mike, we haven’t seen each other in twelve years and now you’re somebody’s father?!”
“Pretty much, yeah.”
Or, Twelve years after losing the boy he loved, single dad and bestselling author Mike Wheeler runs into Will Byers at his daughter’s library story hour and realizes some people never really leave your heart, no matter how much time passes.
Or or, Mike learns how to say I love you and mean it this time.
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05 Jun 2026
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“Do I really have to do this?” Will asks, for what is presumably the millionth time. He lost track a while ago.
“Yes,” Max replies without hesitation. “You’re unbearably lonely.”
Will drops his jaw, offended. Sure, he might not have the most entertaining love life, but he wouldn’t go that far. He’s happy where he is. Content. He doesn’t need a guy to fulfill him. “My loneliness is completely bearable.”
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Will reluctantly joins a dating app at his friends’ insistence. He doesn’t have much hope, until he’s messaged by a dork who likes rocks.
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31 May 2026
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Will Byers is a barista who uses his first spring break to save money, paint faceless figures, and maybe make a tall, dark haired stranger a little bit confused.
Mike Wheeler is the drummer of a rock band in California who uses his first spring break to play music, hang out and, well… get confused.
The universe keeps bringing them together, and these supposed strangers begin to know one another for the very first time.
Or is it?
*This is a very vague summary for a reason- if you wanted a different season 5, just trust me ;)
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30 May 2026
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Will Byers is in college now, and while he might not be a kid anymore, his days of playing DnD are far from over. While college for some is the best time in their life, clicking a link to a Discord DnD group might very well be the best decision of his life, especially when it brings him closer to someone he never thought he would meet: Mike Wheeler, the old childhood best friend of his best friends and unbeknownst to Will, the same stranger he had been arguing with online for weeks.
or: discord chatfit/college au, where Will has no pfp, his best friends are his roommates (and wingmen), and one persistent stranger just won't leave him alone.
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- Part 1 of CICYT Universe
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30 May 2026